“Wow, this is amazing!” Successfully entering the dessert feast hall, Linlin’s eyes sparkled like stars, and she clasped her hands to her chest.
Before her lay mountains of various desserts, enticing strawberry cream puffs adorned with bright red strawberries, perfectly toasted honey bread, cakes of all sizes made of cream, and gigantic ice creams towering over ten meters high…
The dessert feast was clearly more than just a bait to attract Linlin. To ensure Linlin wouldn’t resist after being reclaimed, CP0 had put considerable effort into this culinary trap.
The venue was set up like a buffet restaurant, with beautifully dressed waitresses leading the trio to their seats.
“We will help record the weight of what everyone eats, ensuring a fair and just competition to select today’s dessert feast eating champion,” she told the three.
But Linlin couldn’t move.
“I want to eat, I want to eat, I want to eat everything!”
“Then go ahead and eat,” the Gluttonous King patted her head, “You remind me so much of myself when I was younger, unable to resist the sight of food.”
“Go on, Linlin,” Figo encouraged.
“Okay!” Linlin cheered, rushing towards the nearest cake, grabbing it with her hands.
The Gluttonous King followed, laughing.
Figo, however, nodded to the nervous waitress, signaling that she didn’t need to attend to them, and joined Linlin and the Gluttonous King. The three became a unique sight in the banquet hall, eating with a speed and focus unlike anyone else.
There were many gluttons in the world of pirates; very few strong-bodied individuals couldn’t eat a lot. Although most pirates weren’t particularly interested in sweets, over a dozen people had already entered before them. However, they were in small groups, leisurely enjoying ‘mountains’ of food brought to them by the waitresses. Unlike this duo of elderly and young, who were diving headfirst into the food!
“That girl…”
Linlin drew the first attention. Her rapid hand movements turned various desserts into shadows that disappeared into her bottomless stomach. Pirates with sharp eyes could see her enviable physical talents and felt a sense of ‘admiration’.
They wanted to recruit her to their ship.
Then came the Gluttonous King. His over five-meter-tall, mountainous frame was striking.
That old man… looked familiar?
“Wait?”
“Isn’t that…?!”
“No way?!”
Eventually, some older pirates recognized the Gluttonous King, breaking into a cold sweat. They glanced towards the center of the hall, where a tall woman was standing.
Seeing the Queen of Happy Street, Emma, also nervously observing the trio devouring food, they no longer harbored any illusions. How could such a significant event attract this old monster?
Who could eat now?
Who is that girl? His granddaughter?
The guy with the chains… isn’t he the owner of the Jail BBQ shop?
The gluttonous trio didn’t care if others had an appetite. The Gluttonous King’s massive hands grabbed food by the handful, stuffing it into his mouth, occasionally saying to Linlin, “Here, this tastes good.”
Linlin immediately tried it, then smiled with squinting eyes, mumbling, “Fat Grandpa, Figo Grandpa, this is also delicious, delicious!”
“Eat as much as you want,” Figo said, taking the opportunity to wipe Linlin’s messy face repeatedly with a napkin. His own eating was more like tasting, picking bits here and there.
Suddenly, the pile of cakes in front of Linlin was gone. Her hand grabbed air, then instinctively reached towards Figo.
Figo gently batted her hand away, “Linlin, I’m not good to eat.”
But Linlin seemed not to hear him, her eyes darkening momentarily. Her other hand grabbed more food and continued eating.
“This is…” the Gluttonous King frowned.
“Food sickness,” Figo explained, “Do you know any cure?”
“The poor child,” the Gluttonous King sighed, “There’s no cure for this kind of illness. I couldn’t cure my own in a lifetime. She’ll need to mature a bit and slowly learn to control it.”
“I thought so. We’ll take it slow,” Figo replied, “We have company.”
Whoever this man was, he seemed to converse with the Gluttonous King as an equal. The observing pirates thought.
Whoever he was, today they should try to keep a low profile. If the Gluttonous King got angry over being disturbed while eating, the entire Happy Street might… boom!!
At that moment, a loud crash echoed!
A Happy Street guard was hurled through the back wall of the banquet hall, causing a massive hole, with thick smoke billowing up!
“Ahh—” The pirates in the hall panicked instantly. What happened?!
Who had the death wish?!
They’re doomed! Doomed!
Amidst the swirling smoke, silhouettes began to walk in, causing the pirates to shudder.
The Four Kings?!
How could…
We’re just here for a meal!
“Emma, you cowardly woman, hiding here, huh!” The woman with face paint glared angrily at the Queen of Happy Street, “Tch, you run Happy Street under our tacit approval, but now you’re holding a banquet and didn’t invite us?!”
Not inviting them was one thing, but what truly infuriated them was the leaked invitation to the Rocks Pirates!
We haven’t even lost to Rocks yet, and you’re already rushing to switch sides?!
Being confronted by all four of them at once, Emma would usually find it very tricky, even with the World Government’s backing.
But today was different. She glanced at Figo, wondering if a fight was about to break out.
“Hmm?” The Four Kings followed her gaze.
“That… that seems to be…” A subordinate behind them whispered, “The Gluttonous King?”
“Boss?!” One of the Four Kings exclaimed, his body tensing. He used to be an officer in the Gluttonous Pirates.
The Gluttonous King looked over, “So, it’s you, Carlos. Do you have something to say? Wait a bit; let me and this young girl finish eating first.”
Immersed in her ‘focus,’ Linlin paid no attention to the Four Kings’ arrival and continued to devour food.
The tall and strong Carlos felt conflicted. Next to him, another king scoffed, “What? Carlos, just an old relic. The so-called dual extreme of the last era? It’s ancient history!”
There was some commotion from behind too.
Carlos’s expression turned serious. Knowing he couldn’t back down, he spoke, “Gluttonous Boss, you insisted on disbanding the pirate crew 15 years ago. Now, don’t come out to flaunt your presence. Just quietly retire and wait to die. The four of us have now united to form the new ‘Four Kings Pirates,’ ten times stronger than the old Gluttonous Pirates!”
“United?”
This news shocked the pirates present again, making them cautiously retreat, sensing an inevitable conflict.
A clash between the kings of the previous era and the current era… who would win? They were curious but had no desire to get caught up in it!
“It’s not working, Gluttonous King,” Figo said, wiping Linlin’s face, “Can you handle it? Don’t let the dust get on the food.”
Hmm, who is this guy?
The Four Kings and their subordinates turned to look at Figo.
The Gluttonous King laughed heartily, “I’m still better than you. At least some people recognize me!”
A powerful aura emanated from him as he reached out toward the Four Kings!
“Four juniors dare to call themselves kings? You guys are nothing compared to us. Now, if it were Rocks, it’d be a different story!”
Hearing that name, the Four Kings’ eyes flared with anger.
Their perceived inadequacy had been questioned during the Six Kings era. After the rise of the Rocks Pirates, they constantly heard voices saying, ‘The true king has finally appeared!’
“Old man, you should have been buried!” The Four simultaneously reached out, their hands enveloped in Armament Haki, clashing with the Gluttonous King’s massive hand!
With a dull thud, the ground within a hundred meters trembled!
But the impact was smaller than expected.
There was no shockwave. The pirates caught in the middle were slightly paralyzed with fear, while the initially serious Four Kings showed a hint of surprise.
Was that it?
The Gluttonous King frowned, retracted his shrinking arm, glanced at Linlin who was still eating, and said to Figo, “It does seem troublesome.”
“Hahahahaha…” A burst of wild laughter erupted from the crescent-faced king among the Four, as he pointed a gun hidden in his sleeve at the Gluttonous King.
“Old man, you act all tough, but that’s all you’ve got?!”
“Your time has passed!”
The other three kings and their subordinates laughed as well.
The laughter was very noisy.
“Your attack made too much noise; it’s quite a hassle,” Figo said to the Gluttonous King, “Let me handle it.”
“Hmm?” The crescent-faced king aimed his gun at Figo, “Hey, you’ve been rambling on and on. Do you have a death wish?”
Figo looked at him, gesturing like a gun, aiming at the crescent-faced king.
“Hmm?” The crescent-faced king frowned in displeasure and pulled the trigger.
But before he could shoot, Figo’s arm jerked as if recoiling from a shot!
At that instant, the crescent-faced king felt an overwhelming blow to his chest, coughing up a mouth
ful of blood as his mind went blank! His body bent like a bow and was thrown backward, knocking over several subordinates, flying away!
He crashed through buildings!
Shattered rocks!
He obliterated everything in his path!
He stopped several kilometers away, collapsing in a pile of rubble, vomiting blood, clutching his chest, temporarily unable to get up!
The remaining three kings and their subordinates were frozen in shock inside the banquet hall.
The pirates caught in the middle were wide-eyed in horror… What was that?!
They couldn’t even see it!
But in an instant…
‘Is that a finger gun?’ As a member of CP0, the Queen of Happy Street was even more astonished.
You call that a finger gun?!
Even the Gluttonous King paused for two seconds, then laughed heartily and continued eating with Linlin.
‘Flying Finger Gun – Barrett!’
Figo lowered his arm and stepped forward.
The battle destined to be inscribed in history on Happy Street had begun, with Figo firing the——First Shot!
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